Bureaucrat’s Discussions of HST May Lead to Colin Hansen’s Resignation

Imagine it is 1996. Premier (and Finance Minister) Glen Clark, announces days after his re-election that in spite of saying during the election campaign that it was not on his government’s radar, his government is now going to harmonize the provincial sales tax with the federal GST. A couple of months after the howls of [...]

Fight-HST Petition Allowed to Proceed

The Fight-HST citizens petition will move forward; the courts have ruled that the Fight-HST petition is completely legal and must be acted upon immediately. Interesting to see what Premier Campbell will do next in his fight against the Fight-HST petition. His pattern of behaviour in the past has been to dismantle organizations that stand in [...]

Premier Campbell Meets with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Star of Total Recall

After hearing the news that the proponents of the stop the HST petition were going to begin a total recall campaign in November of this year, Premier Campbell almost immediately flew down to the state of California to meet with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (also the star of the movie Total Recall). As you can see [...]

Contact Info for Craig James, Acting Chief Electoral Officer

Fellow blogger and recall supporters, Recall in the Fall, have posted the contact information for Craig James, the Chief Electoral Officer of BC. We have reposted Craig James ‘ contact information just in case you are one of the more than 700,000 British Columbians who signed the petition to stop the HST and you are [...]

HST Petition “Succeeds”

The Fight-HST petition has “succeeded.” What does that success look like? The petitioners gathered more than 10% of registered voters in every riding in BC. That is it. Does the petition force the Campbell Liberals to do anything? No. Nothing. What will happen with this petition? Basically nothing in the legislature. However, it will add [...]

No Downward Move in Prices in a Post-HST BC

While visiting Granville Island yesterday I stopped at the Stock Market for a large bowl of soup to share with my wife and toddlers. The sign says, “Large Soup – $7.” At the bottom of the sign is written, “Tax included.” The cashier rings in my large bowl of Spicy Snapper Chowder and she says, [...]

HST Wows, Woos and Woes

The following “letter” came to me from Rafe Mair. Rafe does not know the origin or author of the letter. I found the letter to be so informative and amusing that I chose to re-print the entire letter here, in its entirety. If the author is found (a Bob W?) I will happily credit the [...]

Day Two of the HST in BC

The day after the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) took effect here in BC and my observations are that a tall coffee at Starbucks now costs me a $1.96. After I got my Starbucks I stopped in to visit my friendly neighbourhood barber; I stop by Brad the Barber’s to catch up on the local gossip and [...]

Happy Canada Day on Day One of the HST

After telling British Columbians they had no plans to impose a Harmonized Sales Tax, the B.C. Liberal government turned around after the election and announced a new sales tax that will cost consumers billions of dollars. On July 1, the HST will take effect and the B.C. Liberal deception will be complete. Jan. 23, 2009: [...]

Final List of Items with Prices Increasing Under the HST

The following information came to us from the Green Party of BC, via Rafe Mair. Some interesting information; The B.C. government has released a complete list of items taxable under the harmonized sales tax after weeks of allegations about its lack of transparency. Opponents of the controversial levy, including former Social Credit premier Bill Vander Zalm, have [...]

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